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Rustin

Rustin

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Rustin

"Own your power."

2023

1h 48m

6.5(227 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

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Netflix

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Higher Ground

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

Bayard Rustin

Aml Ameen

Aml Ameen

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

A. Philip Randolph

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Roy Wilkins

Gus Halper

Gus Halper

Tom

Johnny Ramey

Johnny Ramey

Elias Taylor

CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Dr. Anna Hedgeman

Michael Potts

Michael Potts

Cleve Robinson

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Ella Baker

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Rep. Adam Clayton Powell

Creative team

Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Written by: Dustin Lance Black
Julian Breece
Produced by: Bruce Cohen
Tonia Davis

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